# A "Mini" Discourse + Chat? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [April 2, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-mini-discourse-chat/222919 "2022-04-02T08:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![philip\_rhoades](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/philip_rhoades/32/114647_2.png) [@philip\_rhoades](https://meta.discourse.org/u/philip_rhoades)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-mini-discourse-chat/222919/16 "2022-04-07T06:00:48Z")
> [@pfaffman](#): > > Why do you think this is a good idea? Do you think that you could do that and reduce the system requirements in some tangible way? Well I was not confident that my idea would get much support but I thought in the light of the previous discussion about Discourse not being considered for some situations then maybe a re-evaluation and experimentation might be useful - so I thought it was still worth a post. However, I thought such an effort could only be done by starting from scratch - BUT with input from existing Devs about what a core, minimal app might need. I still feel a smaller, lighter and simpler app / package could be useful for smaller shops. In the unlikely situation that others thought the idea was worth pursuing, I would help with the exercise as much as I could of course! --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-mini-discourse-chat/222919)._